Kabīrकबीर
Couplets and songs of a weaver-poet. 2 passages in the chapters come from it.
- What it is
- Sākhīs (couplets) and songs, handed down by singers and later written down
- Composed
- 15th century CE
- By
- Kabīr, a weaver of Banaras
- References on this site
- His couplets are cited by form (sākhī); the collections number them differently.
Kabīr's plain, sharp couplets mock empty ritual and division by caste or creed, Hindu and Muslim alike, and point to a God without form, found within. Three traditions gathered his verses: the Bījak of the Kabīr Panth, the Sikh Guru Granth Sahib, and the Rajasthani collections of the Dādū Panth.
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Translations in print
- Linda Hess and Shukdeo Singh, The Bījak of Kabir (1983)
Names with marks such as ā, ṣ or ṛ are explained in how to read the names and terms.
The 2 passages the chapters quote
- DocumentedUnit 2 · Interpersonal Behaviour
Feedback and the blind area and keep your critic close
Read it in its chapter“Keep your critic close; give him a hut in your courtyard. Without water, without soap, he makes your nature clean.” निन्दक नियरे राखिये, आंगन कुटी छवाय । बिन पानी साबुन बिना, निरमल करे सुभाय ॥ nindak niyare rākhiye, āṅgan kuṭī chhavāy; bin pānī sābun binā, nirmal kare subhāy. Kabīr, sākhī (Hindi)
- My viewUnit 2 · Wages and Profit Sharing
A living wage and enough for the family and a guest
Read it in its chapter“Lord, give me only so much that my family is provided for; let me not go hungry, and let no holy man go hungry from my door.” साईं इतना दीजिये, जा मे कुटुम समाय । मैं भी भूखा न रहूँ, साधु ना भूखा जाय ॥ sāī itnā dījiye, jā me kuṭum samāy; maiṃ bhī bhūkhā na rahūṃ, sādhu nā bhūkhā jāy. Kabīr, sākhī (Hindi)
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